North Carolina Newspapers

VOL XXXYL NO. 44. RALEIGH, N. ft, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 11, 1896. $3.00 PEE YEAR. , TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS. The, Preea-VUitor Will Be 39 Centa ter Month Alter Jnnry lit. ' " The Pkkss-Visitob has now for nearly a year and a halt been greet ing its readers every afternoon, re plete with all the news of the .day, both at home and at a distance, and , throughout all that time the univer sal verdict of its readers has been : and is that it is the best daily paper ever published in Raleigh. It has also taken its place in the journal istic field as the best and most up- , to-date afternoon daily paper ever published in the 'State. While ' giving our patrons a paper which hs been in every way'superior to' its predecessors, the price has re mained the same and the Phess Visitob at 25 cents per month is tc C day the cheapest newspaper in the State. .Various of our contempo raries charge four dollars and five ' dollars, ner vear and none of purf contemporaries) we think, ' charge as low as the Pebss-Visitob ? at three dollars per year. " 'Tbe time has now been reached .when It is felt bv the management that in view of the superior quality Of the newspaper which we give to our readers and the fact that other similar journals, whose newscolumns are not so pretentious and so com-' prehensiye as ours, charge at a higher rate,' and realizing that the class of newspaper which we give is worth more than the price wa . charge, we feel justified in asking our patrons for a small increase in the subscription price of the Press ViBltoa. During the approaching session of the legislature we propose to give our readers complete accounts of the deliberations of that body and our expenses for that time will be considerably increased. As we have been broadening and . widening our scope our expenses have been otherwise increased and In the past year we have also borne the expense of equipping this office with a oomplete new outfit of the most modern and attractive type, - an investment which has materially I cut down that legitimate, though ..modest profit, to which we feel we at iustlv entitled. subscription price of the Pbess-Visi-Ior, will be raised from 25 cents to 35 cents per month, or from $3.00 to $1.00 per year if paid in advance. We take this step feeling sure that our patrons will agree with us that the Press-Visitor isfully worth even this small price and that we are fully entitled to the slight in crease asked, and that they will con tinue their patronage where they iave heretofore deemed it worthily bestowed. Stuart Robson and Bis Company of Actors- Who does not know Stuart Robson, the most popular comedian of the American stage; and who has not heard of Madame Janauschek, the greatest exponent of the tragic stage of the present day? Who will not exclaim, what manner of play i it thai can bring together these two artists so diametrically opposed In ' method and art and that tod under the name of comedy., Clever indeed must be such a play thnt can call upon such talent and suca exponents of that talent Nowhere in the his tory of the stage has comedy and tragedy exponents formed a part nership like this. The play which will engage such artists is an adap tation from a French play and is en titled s "Mrs.- Ponderbury 's Past. ' ' It wll be produced at the Academy of Music on Thursday. J" ."Mrl Oilman's Wedding" a one- - act comedy modernized from one of "'Buckstone's clever and humorous - creations, will be the introductory 'r'to the longer play, which is hardly sufficient In length to serve as an eveninir's entertainment for an ' American audience. -, . ... . I'nlacky Trains. Th i Southern 'a through train . from Ncrfolk to Chattanooga seems to have been destined to an unlucky the Salisbury World. - ' Its troubles began on the very . first trio it It made, in which it . killed a woman near Raleigh. Since fhnn its trials have been multifar ious and if has in all probabilities " ... .. t ,A 1 ivt the soutnern more wan uas ' earned: h:c,r'j-i& Sunday loight the - train broke down between Lexington and Sails : burv and was delayed several hours In tnnseonence. Last alsht the f nvtn nomlncr from Chattan002& Was delayed from some hitch or other and AM nr.ttns.VA until 10 oMock this DUCKING AGAIN President Cleveland Coming to South Carolina," LEAVES SUNDAY la Company With Fighting Bob Evans, Dr. O'Relly and Captain Lambert Georgetown the Destination of the Party. By Telegraph to the Press Visitor. Washington, Dec. 11. The Presi dent will leave the city for a few days' shooting in South Carolina waters, accompanied by Capt. Bob ley Evans, of the Navy, and Capt. Lambert, of the Fifth Lighthouse district and Dr. OTteily, the Presi dent's physslan. They will take the lighthouse tender Georgetown to South Carolina on Sunday. "PROGRAM ! PROGRAM!!" Read This and Then go to See The Char aeters Do the Acts 'Twill be Great- The Press-Visitor is today en abled to furnish its readers the offi cial program for the forth-coming production by the "Clique Drama- tique"of the old English comedy, Our Boys." Three of the play actors through an excess of modesty prefer to display their histrionic ability under names as deceptive as their ' 'make- ups. ' 'Girlie-girl Ne-Jones" will doubt less, however, be recognized imme diately by the audience in spite of her ancient name and make-up, since her ability to make any role she may assume a charming one is too characteristic to fail to be re cognized when she simpers before the footlights. As for "Montmorency de Smythe" he stutters a confession of love as awkwardly as so aristo cratic a personage might be-expected to do; while the innocent young man with the rather wicked stage-name will say a part about as long as his title is, and retire hasttly to view the subsequent proceedings from those fnystic regions of cob-webb festoons, behind the wings. The remaining , characters play under their real names, under which circumstances praise of them to Ra leigh people would be superfluous. Here follows the program : Rex Hospital benefit performance of "Our Boys," an original comedy in three acts by H. J. Byron: CHARACTERS. Sir Geoffry Champneys (a country magnate) Mr. Thos. Bush. Talbot Champneys (his son) Mr. Montmorency de Smythe. Perkyn Middlewick, Devonshire House (a retired butterman) Mr. Victor H. Boyden. Charles Middlenick, (his son) Dr. Hubert Royster. Eempster, (Sir Geoffry 's man ser vant) Mr. Anisette Benedictine Smith. Poddies (Mr.Middlewick'sbutler) Mr. Watkins Robards. Violet Melrose (an hieress) Miss Amelia N. Pearce. Mary Melrose (her poor cousin) Miss 2 ulia Dewey. Clarissa Champneys-(SirGroffry 's sister) Miss Girlie-Girl Ne-Jones. Belinda, (lodging house slave) Miss Ethel Bagley. Act I. Atthe Butterman 's. Scene Perkyn Middlewick s country house. Act II. At the Baronet's. Scene Drawing room in Sir Geoffy s house. Act III. After seven months. Mrs. Patchem's three .pair back. SceneThird floor at London lodging house. Three more rehearsals remain before Tuesday night. The last will be full-dress, and so profitable have have been those that have already been h.eld that this last will lack only the stimulating spur of a packed house to make it as good as the next evening's production. The proceeds of the play will be given to a fund to build an operating room at Rex Hospital . The young people participating are seeking to aid a worthy-object by the produc tion Of a clean, bright and jperitorl ous play that will represent months of work and sacrifice of time. They rightly ask and expect, encourage meni. ; ,vb'M, : ;' ; iritro Gtyoerlne Inventor Dead: By Cable to the Prees-VisltOr.. . Nrcr, Italy, Dec. 11 Alfred No bel, the Inventor of nttro glycerine dlel yesterday evening a1; San Kemo, IWy. - V . - THE METHODIST ORGAN. Conference Committee Favors Establish , tag a Paper tn Raleigh. The report of the special commit tee of the Methodist Conference in session at Einston to provide for a conference organ was read by Dr John yesterday and referred to com mittee on books and periodicals. The report stated the committee met a committee "appointed by the Western North Carolina conference to confer with this committee, A proposition was submitted to them - to join them in the purchase of the North Carolina Christian Advocate. The Western committee declined to join in any proposition to have an organ owned jointly by the two conferences. The committee submitted a plan as follows for an organ for the North Carolina conference : Name, "Meth odist Herald;" to be apaper of eight pages, about 15xl9fc inches each; to be published in Raleigh, unless it he found more advantageous else where; subscription price to be $1.50 a year; that Rev. T. N. Ivey be elected as editor and business man ager for a term of two years, to be paid a salary of $1,500 from the in come of the paper; that this confer ence elect three preachers and three laymen, to be known as a board of publication, this board to have general supervision of the paper, and shall elect the editor at the end of each term of two years. Dr. J. R. Brooks, of the Western N. C. conference, who was appoint ed by that conference as one of a commission on the paper question, was introduced to the conference. Rev. L. W. Crawford was intro duced to the conference. He is one of the the editors and owners of The Christian Advocate He made a nice talk, explaining his connection with the paper. His friends thought his connection with the paper was a guarantee that the North Carolina conference would be treated fairly. He was here in the cause of peace and uni y; thai In; was as clearly allied to this as to Hie Western con ference. The M'l iin conference was never more united in the sup port of The Advocate. He said he and Bro. Grissom had offered to sell at the price they paid for the paper. His remarks seemed to be troll re ceived. Improvements at the Oxford Orphanage. Mr. N. M. Lawrence, superin tendent of the Oxford Orphan Asy lum, washere yesterday and gave Col Olds some interesting information regarding it. There are at present 211 ahildren, of whom 110 are girls. The cost of maintenance this year is $19,500, less the earnings of the asylum, which are about 13.800. The .State gives $10,000 and the Grand Lodge of Masons $2,500. During the year there were 140 cases of measles among the pupils but not a death resulted. There were only two deaths during the year. The industrial feature of education is being well looked after. There is the farm, carpenter shop, broom factory and printing office. Five new brick buildings have been erect ed this year for dormitories, at a total cost of $20,000, with a complete sewerage system. The old building in use as boys' dormitory will be torn down and tne oricK used in constructing other buildings. B N. Duke, of .Durham, made the asy lum a cash gift of $10,000 for build inirs and the Masons raised a like r. amount. Weather Conditions. The weather continues generally clear over ihe central and southern portions of the country; it is cloudy only from the east lake region to the north Atlantic coast, with a llttte rain in that vicinity. Some rain oc curred over central Florida. The storm las disappeared into the north Atlantic," but another is moving across Canada, north of the lakes. The pressure is still high over Texas and the lower Missis sippl valley. Changes in tempera ture during the past twenty-four hours have been slight. The winds all over the country continuo to pre vail from & westerly quadrant To Take Off the Sugar Duty. By Telegraph to the Press-Visitor. Niw York, Deo. 11. It is claim ed in circles often well informed that next Monday will see the introduc tion lirtJongress of a bill taking off the one-eighth and one-tenth ( cent per pound duty on Imports of refined sugars. It is claimed by the people who father the bill that there is a clear majority for the measure In both bouses. ' NOW FOR IT. A Spicy Controversy Between on l-Utltor and a Presbyterian Divine. There is an Interesting and gin gery Discussion going on between Editor JosephMReeceof theGreens boro Record, and Rev. E W. Smith one of the most promi nent Presbyterian divines in the State. The controversy grew out of the recent appearance in Greens boro of the White Crook and the Davenport Sisters, and the following is an extract from Rev. Mr. Smith's card: Editors of the Record. "If the White Crook has bad objectionable features in it all such were eliminated in the performance here last night." So says one of our town papers. It than proceeds to state that the "performance" in cluded the exhibition of women "in tights," that is, with half their per sons exposed in skin tights stockinet to the gaze of a male audience. We are then assured that if the company had been differently named and ad vertised, "ladies would have gone and no criticism would have gone and no criticism would have been made. In the name of the pure women of Greensboro we indignantly deny this. Some females might, some lewd men might, but no "lady" of Greensboro would complacently wit ness this unspeakable degradation of her sex. No "lady ' of Greens boro would become a party to such wholesale massacre of modesty. Alas! that we cannot say the same for the gentlemen of Greensboro Think of Christian husbands, brothers and fathers gazing greedily upon women with half their persons exposed in tights! They would die of shame to have their sisters, wives and daughters so dishonored, but they pay money to behold the dis honor of other women. O shame, where is thy blush. The Seventh Commandment was wrecked last Monday night in Bo- gart's hall as well as on the week previous. That commandment for bids "all unchaste thoughts, words and actions. If a woman s march ing about the stage with half her body exposed in stockinet to the ar dent gaze of men is not an unchaste action, what is ? If to gaze greedily. upon a woman so unclothed is -not an unchaste action, what is.' Ihe Seventh Commandment is violated by unchaste looking, so the Saviour declares. See Matt. 5:2. lhat commandment was wrecked in Bo gart's hall last, Monday night. No Christian has a moral right to attend such a performance. He has a legal right, but no moral right; not merely because he soils his own soul, but because he is giving his money and the sanction of his pres ence to what is a slaughter house of all purity. Greensboro's reputation has suf fered in the past, but today she is stabbed in the house of her friends. It is Dublished to the world in a Greensboro paper that the White Crook with its "women in tihgts is considered in Greensboro so un objectionable a performance that the Greensboro ladies would witness it without criticism. As a native of Greensboro I utterly deny this, in the name not only of the ladies, but of the gentlemen of Greensboro. Should such a statement ever come true of our town, wo may write Ich abod upon its walls, for tho glory of Greensboro will have departed. Hubert W. Smith. In reply to Mr. Smith's card edi tor Reece says in the Record: "Elsewhere is a card from Rev. E. W. Smith regarding what the Record said about the White Crook show viz: that billed otherwise, etc, "ladies would have gone and no criticisms would have been heard," whereupon Mr. Smith says, referring to tights, not especially to the White Crook:" "Some females might, some lewd men might, but no 'lady' of Greens boro would complacently witness this unspeakable degradation of her sex. No 'lady ',of Greensboro would become a party to such wholesome massacre of modesty." Well, this is pretty steep, but we desire to say to Mr. Smith that we have seen ladies at exhibitions where tights were worn and not withstanding he says they are not, we say they are ladies, as good, as pure as any woman Mr. Smith. knows. What is more some of these are members of his church, and as for their lives and characters we say boldly they are as pure as any woman's on earth. When Mr. Smith sets himself up to say who is a lady and who is not he is getting into deep water. Since he becomes so personal, we would like to ask him if he ever at tended a circus? Did he not go to see "America" at the World's F-iir? The tights worn by the women at either of these are far "louder" than anything seen on the sta;ein Greens boro. . We have seen the best ladies of Greensboro at Shakespeare's "As You Like It," when the tights worn by "Rosalind" "expose more of the person" (in Mr. Smith's estimation) than those used in the White Crook We have seen the best women of Greensboro attend (the operas here where tights were worn not only one woman wore them, but half a dozen. We are not defending any show; we are only giving facts easy to be established, but according to Mr. Smith a woman who attends any kind of a show where tights are worn is no lady, if this were true there are a lot of women in Greens boro who are not ladies not only in Greensboro but all over the state. He may not mean it, but that is what he says. As to what he says about men they are able to take care of themselves. We repeat again that we have seen some of the best and purest women at shows where tights were worn and that had the White Crook been differently advertised, etc., women would have gone and no criticism would have been heard . Ladies have gone to such shows and if we live wo shall no doubt see them at such places again, notwith standing Mr. Smith's strictures. He has a right to his opinion, and so have others. GREAT IS EVANGELINE. The Opera at tho Academy Next Wednes dayBox Sheet Opens Tomorrow at 5 P. M. "Evangeline" the beautiful, fas cinating, mirth creating "Evange line" is to be atthe Academy of Mesic on next Wednesday The company made a great success with tho piece, in New York, where it packed the houses every evening during a season's run. Fresh hu mor is injected into the libretto, and all jokes are up-to-date and as full of life and wit as the sky is full of stars. It is a fountain of laughter and fun. The girls are all pretty, the choruses particularly strong, and the costumes the most hand some and elegant ever seen here. Evangeline is the theatrical event of the season carrying over half a hun dred people. The box sheet will be opened tomorrow at King's drug store at fivco'clock. Remember the date and hour. Be on hand before the rush. TODAY'S MARKETS. New York, Dec. 11. Market quotations furnished by E. B. Cuthbert & Co., 30 Broad street, New York, and 305 Wilmington street, Raleigh, N. C, over their special wire: MONTHS." OPEN- HIGH- LOW- CLOS ING. EST. EST. INO 7 10 7 10 7 00 7 07- 7 14 7 10 7 10 '7 14- 7 24 7 26 7 10 7 22- 7 29 7 31 7 20 7 28 I 7 37 7 37 7 38 7 34- 7 41 7 41 7 35 7 39- 7 45 7 40 7 38 7 42- 6 96 7 04 0 90 7 02- January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, Sept'mb'r, October, December, Closed steady ; sales 240,200 bales. The following were the closing quotations on the New York Stock Exchange today : New York Stock Market. Sugar H6i American Tobacco 754 Burlington and Quincy 77i Chicago Gas 14 Des. and Ctt. Feed General Electric 32 Louisville and Nashville 49i Manhattan 96i Rock Island 68 Southern Preferred 29 St. Paul HI Tennessee Coal nd IroL 28 Western Union 86i Chicago Grain aad Provision Market The following were the closingquo- tations on the ChicagoGrain and Pro vision market today: Wheat December, 76; May, 79f . Corn December, 22 J; May, 251. Oats December 17 i; May 204. Pork January, 7.57; May, 7.85. Lard January3.82; May, 4.02. Clear Rib Sides January 3.65; May 3.97. Liverpool Cotton Market. December 4-01 December-January 3.63 January-February 3.62 February-March 3,62 March-April 3.62 April-May 3.63 May-June 3.63 Closed irregular. Manipulated Many. AROUND THE CITY. Pot-Pourri of tho News Pictured on Pa per Points and Pcopl Pertinently Picked and Pithily Put in Print. The box sheet for "Our Boys" is open at King s. lhere is no extra charge for reserve seats. General admission will be fifty cents. At one time yesterday afternoon there were 69 prisoners in the coun ty jail. The greatest number ever confined in the jail heretofore was sixty-eight. Today ended the fall term of the public schools of tho city and the fall examinations were held. No new beginners will be laken after next week. Tho Mayor had three cares of dis orderly conduct before him today. Alice Jones (colored) was fined 4.25, as was Walter Funn. One unfortu nate wasscnt to the roads for thirty davs. The popular shoe store of S. C. Pool is offering some attractive bar gains in men's and ladies' fine shoes. All should call and see their stock, which is one of tr.e most complete and elegant ever shown in tho State State Geologist Holmes left today for Gran ville and Vance where the rich gold finds have been reported. He will make an investigation and his reports will be looked forward to with much interest. There is a young lady in IJaleih whose features a lompctent judge has declared to be of a perfectly classic mold and says that her vignette should adorn the silver dollar instead of the one now in vogue. Greensboro has one of the largest and handsomest new establishments to be seen any where in the South. It is the new clothing store of the Fishblate-Katz-Rankin company and would do credit to a city like At lanta or Washington. Messrs. Ward Bros., who have for some time been conducting the popular hotel at Burlington are spreading out and have also opened one at Pinner's Point. If they serve as tempting meals there as they do attheirBurlington hotel their guests will have no reason to complain. The attorney general says the magistrates elected by the people do not qualify until tthe first Monday in next-August. He also says the failure of officers elected in counties to file a statement of expenses for feits the office and the clerk must fill the vacancies after August 1st in case of magistrates. Four prominent Eastern lawyers were recommended for the vacant judgeship of the sixth judicial dis trict, which was filled yesterday by the appointment of O. H. Allen. Those recommended were J. D. Bellamy, Jr., of Wilmington, Noah S. Rouse, of Kinston, who is a law partner of Judge Allen; Henry I,. Stephens, of Clinton, and H. E. Faison. Dinglcy to Be Secretary of The Treasury. The Washington Times of yester day afternoon says : Hon. Nelson Dingley, jr., of Maine, is to be the next Secretary of theTreasury. This statement is not official, but comes from such a source that there can be no doubting that the portfolio will be tendered Mr. Dingley, and accepted. It is only in the range of possibility that a change will be made. He will, of course, resign from the next House. Two and a Half .Million Kstatc. By Telegraph to the Press-Visitor. New York, Dec. 11. The will of St-inway was filed in probate court this morning. The value of the estate is two millions in personal and a half a million in real estate. There were a number of charitable bequests. Mr. W. Duke's Gift. Mr. Washington Duko, of Dur ham, has given $100,000 to the en dowment fund of Trinity College. This ffift was announced on the floor of the N. C. conference, at Kin sfcnn. This makes over $250, 000 the Dukes have given Trinity. Mr- W. Duke's gift is the largest ever given to a Southern college oy a Southern man . Minor Matters for the THEIR PAY $3 PER DIEM. T. e Board of Coma twloswra d.oara t Dattle Bridge WHI be Col pieted. - The county commissioners con cluded their labors this afternoon and adjourned. The board decided today after hearing both sides in the bridge disturbance to continue the comple tion of the Battle bridge, which was ordered by the old board of count v commissioners. The Mial faction wanted the board to pay for a bridge which they had undertaken to erect at a point near the Johnston county line. We' will not hear any more the melodious tune of "Oh, yes," "Oh, yes, come in court this day," etc., which has been sung by the venera ble old court crier, Kinion Jones, for many years. Mr. L. M. Green was appointed crier of the court by the biard. Chairman Chamblee moved that the board be allowed three dollars per day as compensation for ser vices. Commissioner Barbee put himself on record bereas being opposed to sugh large (?) compensation. No doubt Mr. Barbee will be mode grand muck-a-muck at the net meeting of the noble Order. Messrs. Hill and Chamblee did the proper thing and the pay of the board will be $3.00 per diem. It is stated thatcommissioner Bar bee will take but one dMlar fora day s services. Mr. Dudley Peed was appointed constable to the grand jury. He succeeds Mr. McCullers. A Protest ..genist Improper Pictures. Editor Press-Vistor: Please allow me space in your valued columns to protest publicly in the name of the good morals, and the future well-being of the com munity, against the indecent show bills which have for the past few days been posted on the thorough fares of the city, these pictures are placed in the most prominent loca tions, and always in plain view of the hundreds of school children passing by twice a day. Even church goers on Sunday have to pass by these immoral and disgust ing pictures at the Capitol gates and elsewhere. If there is no city ordinance to prevent such pictures from being displayed on the streets, there ought to be, and we hope our "City Fath ers" will see that it is enforced. H. B. Battlr. Kaleigh Pastors at Conference. The Kinston Free Press in its conference notes says : Rev. W. C. Norman, of Raleigh, is one of the most pleasant gentlemen in the conference. He has been preaching over twenty years and has served at only four places. He is now serving his ninth year in Raleigh. He is so popular that where be has once served four years the people try to get him back as soon as the church rules will al low. E. A. Yates, of Raleigh district, stated that his districthad met with greater success than he expected during a season of financial depres sion. . New Train Master. Since C. L. Ewing was transfer- red to Aslieville, as train master on that division, Capt. W. T. West has had charge of this division, in con nection with his duties on the main ne of the Southern Railway. A permanent train master has been appointed effective today. Ha is H. A. Williams, from the Florida Central and Peninsula road. He 11 have charge of the division from Goldsboro to Greensboro and from Selmato Pinner's Point. To the Public. As I have heard various report. Accusing me of being a republican and of working in the interest of the Republican party in the last elec tion, 1 take this method of saying that such reports arc absolutely and unqualifiedly false and malicious. I am and have always been a Demo crat. IsAAO H. HOLDEBFIELD. Dr. Ttrouehton to be Associate Editor. Dr. B rough ton, of Roanoke, has just accepted the position of assocl rte editor of the Gospel Voice to be issued from New York in January in the interest of evangelism.- Rev. A. C. Dixon, of the Hanson Place Baptist church, ia editor, and his associates, .besides Dr. Broughton, will be Rev. George C. Needham aad Rev. Wilbur Chapman. v morning. T " . - " '